Mobile printing is something that still needs to be worked on. We’ve got a small computer in our pockets, but the files are practically locked in. With mobile office suites on the rise, printing is something that can be no longer ignored. We’ve covered a number of mobile printing solutions in the past, but they [...]

Music shouldn’t be locked away locally. We’re slowly improving by stepping away from DRM and other rather aggressive content restriction policies, but there’s still a long way to go. Arguably one of the “better” ways to enjoy music is from the cloud; something many people on YouTube, Last.fm and Spotify understand. But not just in [...]

People often wonder why Microsoft Powerpoint costs so much. After all, you can only create simple, linear ‘presentations’ with it. Wrong. Microsoft Powerpoint is an immensely powerful suite, and can be used for much more than straightforward presentations. It can be used to create website mockups, and even interactive learning tools. We’ll explore one example [...]

If there was ever a great website to stream series and documentaries, it isn’t YouTube. No offense. MegaVideo, from the same minds of file-sharing website MegaUpload, gets a slightly better shot. It’s fun and easy to browse, has an incredible array of videos and sports one of the best web players I’ve ever seen. The [...]

There are a lot of games on the Android. Not all of them are worth a download, but you’ll find enough of them to waste a few months of your time. If you’re going to spend your time gaming, why not invest in something useful? By playing brain teasers and riddles, you can train your [...]

We’ve talked about recording an online radio stream in the past. But often, just being able to record radio shows isn’t enough. If there’s a show on you like while you’ve got other obligations, it’s likely you’ll have to scour the website’s archives – that’s if there are any. Today, we’ll talk about how to schedule [...]

Like a lot of you, I’ve largely outgrown my trust for Facebook applications. The truth is, most of these really are ‘just for fun’, which means you have to wade through spam, survey schemes and dysfunctional applications to find your way to something useful. There are more than enough of these useful Facebook applications though, [...]

Mass-license versions of Windows have long offered companies and large organizations the possibility to customize their log-in and welcome screens. It’s a small thing, but it imposes a sense of professionalism. Other Windows 7 versions have been left out to dry, although something like this should really be a feature by default. We resort to [...]

FTP and SSH are both network protocols that run on top of the TCP/IP layer, just like HTTP. In plain English, it’s a certain way for devices to communicate with each other over a network. Different ways of communication are used in different circumstances. There are different uses and different strengths. But exactly how SSH [...]

Teams from all over the world go all-out against each other in Rails Rumble, an annual web development competition that took place last month. The objective is to create the best online tool in under 48 hours using Ruby and Rails. This sounds like an insane objective, and it is, but it begets some amazing [...]